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[General Questions and Answers] Dirk:
The vanilla Gingerbread appearance on the devices you mention is being covered up by the manufacturers skin. When Gingerbread OTA comes for your Desire the appearance of it isn't going to change as the 'Sense' bloat will still be there.

For shame :(
[Streak 5 General] gopo2004:
Hello. FIrst of all excuse my verry bad english, y hope u undestand my problem..

Y just bought a dell streak today with a custom rom... Y try all things, y doWnloaded 318	12821	00	Dec 3, 2010	PKG ZIP Recovery Baseband DSP Hash	Latest Retail rom (Official) PKG file and stored on my sd card ... rebooteD in recovery mode, starting to flash and at half FOTA and restart... Y just want to flash a stoc 2.2 rom... how do y do that... oh, and a radio or modem stock baseband... y have bad reception and drop calls + drop from wireless conection:(

10x in advance!!!

Ps: y`m from europe, vodafone.

PPS: y dont know anything about flashing android... y just sell my hd2 :) much easy flashing rom on win mobile:)
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mid_life_crisis:
"The Over-The-Air update packages used by the Dell Streak come encrypted. During the OTA installation process, the Streak downloads the encrypted pkg from the Dell OTA server, reboots into recovery mode, decrypts the update pkg, then finally applies the update. The decrypted update zip is similar to standard Android update zips. After the update process, the decrypted pkg is left on the root of the SD card."

These are instructions from the updates page. The problem is that they don't go into enough detail. Downloading from the link gets me an mbn file, which I have never heard of. What do I do with it? Do I need a utility to extract it so I can then put it on the phone or do I put it on the phone as is? If the phone is not "rooted", where should it go?

I ask because my phone is 1.6 from AT&T and checking for updates tells me that it is up to date so this appears to be my only option.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marvin02:
Those aren't the instructions from the updates page, they are from the XDA wiki page

To download an update pkg form that page click on the number of the package in the first column or the text PKG in the fourth column.

You will get more coherent help if you don't start multiple threads.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mid_life_crisis:
I don't have a clue what a "Wiki page" is. Going back and looking, the word shows up once on the entire page as a link to "Wiki Admins".

The page is a list of available updates. To me, that's an update page.

The other thread pointed me to that page, which brought up a whole new question that I thought other newbs might like to know the answer to as well.

A question/answer they might not see if it is buried in one more "how do I update" thread, so I gave it its own thread so it stood out better.

Meanwhile, I still don't know for sure what an mbn file is. All I can find is that it is some kind of compressed file, sort of like a .bin but that doesn't tell me what to do with it.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheManii:
That's straight off the wiki page like he said, i know seeing as i'm the one that wrote that line. If you scrolled down it's written in the ROMs section

mbn files are the device firmwares of snapdragon type processors/chipsets, most users dont need to deal with these

if you want to update there are dozens of threads on the general section sub-forum
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hani1:
I was wondering what is kept after doing either. Are battery stats or other types of cache leftover from other roms?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
Custom ROMs, yes

RUUs, no

An RUU wipes the phone completely and resets its all to stock
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hani1:
Even the battery stats? Because I haven't noticed any charging delay or shorter battery life after using RUU.

Also, what things are left from flashing between custom ROMs even if you wipe data and cache?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hani1:
Any answers to the above questions? thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dalinar:
Hi guys sorry if this is a stupid question but I have looked on the forum and not really found what I wanted. I would like to know if there is any pretty stable 2.3 Roms for the Galaxy S out yet. Links to the threads would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Dali
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vran22:
there is no official version of 2.3 gingerbread.. only beta version XWJV1, you can find it here -> CLICK
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aquenne:
CM7 is available (based on 2.3.3).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=940095
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vran22:
it's not final yet.. contain some bugs, and its not for daily use ..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anfearg:
Iv been using CM7 now for two weeks or so and its perfectly stable. There are a few things that don't work but most things for everyday use does. And its being updated every other day. Just make sure to read the instructions and understand the steps before you try it out.

Sent from my Cyanogenmod Galaxy S
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Auzy:
If by perfectly stable, you mean "no crashes", then yeah, I'd agree. It never crashed for me either. HOWEVER, if you actually USE your phone as more than a toy, good luck.. CM7 didn't even pick up the correct IMEI, camera/video recording is broken, etc. But GPS at least "works" (about as well as any normal SGS in my opinion, which isn't that great anyway). I also recall the phone signal fluctuating a lot more last I used it.

A simple question: If you relied on phone calls through your mobile to make your money for your job, would you trust CM7 beta yet? I wouldn't! In fact, in my opinion most the stuff that worked was either on par, or below par with the stock firmware. There was also a lot of stuff that didn't work.

I didn't see any real benefit to using the ROM yet. It's a fun toy, but my overall experience was worse with it. It will grow your e-penis, but considering only recently they fixed the touchscreen support on it, clearly, it still is early days. The main features which seem to have made the SGS a better phone at launch than competitors (with the exception of Multitouch), don't seem to be there yet
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dehem333:
Agree on everything. CM7 looks sexy and is pretty fast(wouldnt say much faster than the latest lagfixed samsung stuff but fast ;)) That's why I still hope for some roms from samsung in the coming months(ofcourse GB) , and ofcourse source release cause I cant live withoout Voodoo Sound :o
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anfearg:
But nowhere in his post did Dali mention anything about business. All he asks is if there are any 2.3 ROMs. IMHO there are very few problems with CM7 and as far as call signal goes using the JQ1 modem has improved my signal substantially.

I'd still recommended trying it out and if your not happy you can always revert to stock. Simples

Sent from my Cyanogenmod Galaxy S
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Auzy:
It's true he never mentioned business. But he did mention STABLE roms.

My point was to provide an alternative perspective. There is a growing prevalence of users pushing software which they believe is "stable", however, put the biggest peddlers of such software in a situation where your time costs money, and a lot of the times, they will suddenly say it isn't stable enough (which seems to be a perspective a lot of vocal Linux users have never experienced).

And whilst there are "limited problems", there are certainly more serious issues than the standard stock ROM's.. Camera support, fm support (at least last build I tried) and the compass is definitely dodgy. HD quality movie playback for myself was also broken... As mentioned, the ROM also showed my IMEI as corrupt when I tried the ROM the second time..

The question is, do you want to inconvenience yourself simply to have a glorious 2.3 rom, or do you realistically want the most productive ROM?
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] jimbush3:
One thing that I miss about my Blackberry Bold 9000 is that when I removed it from the holster, the system recognized this and would turn on the screen. Are there any apps for the Atrix that can recognize this event and turn on the screen?

Assumption here - the Bold must have done this based on the magnetic clasp for the holster because I can't imagine what other mechanism would have triggered it. Similarly, the screen would lock when placed in holster.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] jiggytom:
There is a magnetometer so I assume this is possible....
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] bugonline:
Can enyone tell me can u install google earth, and is it working

sorry on my english
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Disastery:
No, it isn't working. Syntax error..
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] cloustas:
Use maps and go preferences->levels->satellite
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] yesdalo:
X8 only support google maps.

Enviado desde mi X8 usando XDA Premium App
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] SMALLJIM:
google maps ;)
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] SMALLJIM:
X8 only support google maps.
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] aloy99:
Try editing your build.prop.
[KIN Two Software Development] johnkussack:
Hi everyone... as i'm pretty much stuck with my device... i'm gathering all the information we have found on the hotkeys.

Yeah, i'm so bored to try random key combination...

And yeah (2) there are some new key combs... (ha!).Anyone brave enough can help booting with the remaining keys hold.

Tested keys (pair): q , w, r, m, b

Enter APX mode (Nvidia flash)

Hold U+S+B+ Power

Prints nothing, enters APX mode

Enter Ms Pink Bootstrap mode (aka SBL mode)

Hold L+S+ Power

Prints nothing, enters SBL mode

Clear Storage memory (reset phone)

Hold C+B+ Power

Prints a Phone image (and reboots)

Unknown, possibly downgrade the phone to original OS

Hold R+B+ Power

Prints a "reboot" arrow (and reboots)
[KIN Two Software Development] zero2duo:
Was reading up on Fuses, Lock Bits, and idenitified the Samsung moviNAND 8GB is part "KLM8G4DEDD-B101". Using the Samsung's Decoder pdf, found "S3C49VDX01 Controller" so did a google search and found this website

http : / / xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S_Series

There's a few modes on that galaxy phone. The button combinations probably won't work but if you are bored, try them out.
[KIN Two Software Development] johnkussack:
Not so bored but, they dont work. This mobile is a PITA wherever you look at it.
[KIN Two Software Development] grun1009:
I did the "R+B+power" on my KIN TWOm and i got the reboot screen, then i got a screen saying "Updating modem Please do not remove battery." i got scared and took out the battery. then when i put it back it it said the updating modem thing again and i just let it sit, it finished rebooted then asked me to set up my phone and it was asking me for my windows live email, but it wasnt working so i click setup later. I had the kin studio on my KIM TWOm of course it didnt work but this might help someway.
[KIN Two Software Development] johnkussack:
Interesting, maybe it's a kind of restore hotkey (who knows hehe).

My problem is that it doesnt work removing the battery (removing for a little time) or letting it update (i left it about 2-3 hours updating and autoresetting till the battery died).

Maybe you could connect to verizon and get the OTA update.

If you didnt have the Loop (for kin studio) before, it just mean, as expected, that the kin twom is just a kin two with a software update removing loop and restore-able with this hotkey.

I do not recommend its use though
[KIN Two Software Development] dezgrz:
I now have the original KIN software on my phone using this method. Irritating that it will not sync with my hotmail, most likely because of no cloud server connection. I have lost all of my contacts.(thank god for the facebook phonebook) The spot is convenient. I find it interesting that the phone still retains the original OS.
[KIN Two Software Development] Blasphemy58:
If the original software is back, can't you use Microsoft Exchange Active Sync to synchronize contacts? Have you lost other stuff, like Zune music, etc?
[KIN Two Software Development] amlex:
I have a couple of questions:

Since you now how the original OS on the phone ...

How does it show up on the Verizon network? Is it still being seen as a Kin Twom or the original Kin Two that required data?

Is the Wifi and built in Facebook app working correctly?

Can you forward video through MMS using the Kin Stop?

I just wish there was a way to get some direction from Conflipper. It really did look like he found a way to get deeper into the original OS, even though he said he hadn't found a way to dump the ROM.
[KIN Two Software Development] dezgrz:
Not quite sure of the first question.

The wifi works but the loop does not because I can not finish set up, when trying to sync with my hotmail it displays a message that it cannot connect to windows live.

Yes the Kin Spot works wonderful.

I'd like to add that videos do not work.

Feed Reader will not refresh my feeds.

OTA update does not work almost everything requires a connection to the KIN server that does not exist anymore.
[KIN Two Software Development] mooing:
Rebooting Kin ONEm

Update on R+B+Power Button.

1. I performed this on a KIN ONEm, NOT a KIN two. I recommend that the forms be combined as efforts to hack both devices are very similar.

2. To answer a previous question: NO, ACTIVE SYNC DOES NOT WORK WHEN LOADING THE OLD KIN ONE SOFTWARE. HOWEVER, it does not seem to work because an error message pops up and says:

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NO DATA PLAN

Your plan doesn't support Exchange sync.

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SO: for people who want it, I would be interested in knowing if anyone with a KIN ONEm does the software reset and then asks Verizon for the plan. It could possibly work. ;)

3. :) A DISCOVERY: pressing the R+B+Power a second time on boot kicks the software back to the "m" (as in ONEm) mode. I don't know if it's the same for the TWOm... but I bet it is. In any case, if you want to play with the original software, there seems to be a way to get back easily.:) FYI: It took me a couple times to do it right... and there is a pause before you get the updating modem screen and after you see the return arrow symbol. Be patient and try a couple times. :)

4. FACEBOOK and TWITTER and WINDOWS LIVE all do not seem to work either, giving various messages about "try again later" or "cannot connect." I wonder why. I expected the facebook address book to work re: an earlier post. I could not get it to work.:mad:

FYI: I decided to keep the "m" software as the studio does not exist anymore. For all of us too cheap to buy the data plan, I guess we don't have a big excuse to be too cheap to go to the verizon store to get our contacts synced up once in a while. To do this, I bitpimed my contacts to my old phone and then brought the old phone in. If anyone can figure out how to renable active sync or simply upload contacts - great, but until then, I may have to switch back to my old phone. :confused:
[KIN Two Software Development] johnkussack:
Thanks for the info posted above. It's good to know that this hotkey lets you switch and switch back to the old version (well, "m" version).

The only thing i dont like is the "update modem" (or OTA update) need, cause it probably means that you depend on verizon to get things done (like B+R+Power + get OTA).
[KIN Two Software Development] BenDyer:
R+B+power doesnt work on my phone?

When i try the button combination it just brings up the normal message of "Turn off? your phone will turn off now" It doesn't reboot like everyone says it should? one thing i should add is this phone a little different from the first kin twom, i'm not sure how but when i went to verizon to get a warrenty replacement the lady said "we need to send you a kin twom..two" confused i said "this is the second version?" she said "no its newer.. it's hard to explain" the only difference i can tell so far is that on model number there is no longer a hand stamped M after it. It's printed on the sticker. so maybe i'm stuck with an even more locked down phone?:confused:
[KIN Two Software Development] corey124:
You have to turn your phone off and then turn it on using the button combination to reboot.
[KIN Two Software Development] Iggy95:
Hey I'm wondering if you lost your contacts when you booted back into the kin "m" mode. When you went into the original software, you lost your contacts. Now when you booted back into "m" mode, did you lose your contacts as well? Also, did you lose anything else? I want to test this with my kin twom but at the same time, I don't want to lose everything I have. Thanks
[KIN Two Software Development] BenDyer:
oh jesus, all that did was do a factory reset. I lost everything, and it's still the twom software.. now i'm confused
[KIN Two Software Development] corey124:
It should have given you the original kin software?
[KIN Two Software Development] johnkussack:
I guess that doing it just for fun is kinda stupid.

Be ready to lost everything and/or **** the phone testing random things. You were advised.
[KIN Two Software Development] fazi13:
I've gotten the same error. It didn't give me the original Kin software. It simply did a hard reset and deleted everything off of the device. It showed the arrow however, afterwards it simply booted up into Kin. Nothing came up hat said upgrading or anything. Could there be a KinTwoM - 2 that doesn't even come with the original Kin Two software? If it'd help I'll post a video on what happens.
[KIN Two Software Development] corey124:
It is possible, I've heard of a second generation kin twom. So maybe you have the unfortunate problem of having one, which may exclude you from future hacks.
[KIN Two Software Development] Iggy95:
Well R-B-Power works.....but you lose everything

So curiosity got the best of me last night and I tried the r-b-power method to update the modem and then boot into the original kin os with the kin spot and everything. The only down side is that I lost everything on my phone. Which really, other than a few photos (and the pain of having to add all my contacts again) really isn't that bad. By the way, my Kin is the Kin TWOm with a hand-stamped "m" underneath the battery, so I guess it would be called "first gen Kin twom". It booted back to the normal kin os after I did r-b-power and my phone was still activated. So anyone with a 1st gen Kin twom can try this, just be warned that you lose EVERYTHING.
[KIN Two Software Development] fazi13:
The KinTwoM Programming FaceBook Page and I have done some extra research on the device and we found a few different variations of the device. What we're calling the Kin TwoM (1) can revert to the old Kin Two OS while the Kin TwoM (2) will not revert. Here's the thread that I created for info about it xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1049473 As for the handprinted M and such, we found that it does not play a direct role as to if it will revert or not. The yellow dots in the corner of the device (under the battery) determine whether you can or cannot revert. If you could post a picture of the back of your device and label it as a Kin TwoM (2) it would really help us.
[KIN Two Software Development] Iggy95:
Wait what?

Ok never mind I was confused about which model you thought my device was. However, despite what you said about the Kin Twom (2) being un-revertable, I did revert. So not sure what's going on there. I have a picture in the link below.

As you can clearly see, I have 2 yellow dots on the right and left bottom corners, and a hand-stamped capital "M" next to the model code.

http://twitpic.com/4plkdb
[KIN Two Software Development] Iggy95:
On a side note, I did do a video on how to revert to the original Kin OS on youtube if anyone wants to see it in action (despite my blurry camera).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CunqxFAnvKc
[KIN Two Software Development] Antonpup:
I will make a better video (HD) on how to do that. I will credit you and whom ever found this out.. (who was it?). Hopefully on Wednesday.
[KIN Two Software Development] Iggy95:
I guess it would be Johnkussack.
[KIN Two Software Development] dezgrz:
The OP of this thread is the user that found this key combination.
[KIN Two Software Development] fazi13:
ah, well you see the two yellow dots is Version 2 or what I've called the Kin TwoM (1) which will revert.
[KIN Two Software Development] Antonpup:
Gotcha. Thanks.
[KIN Two Software Development] johnkussack:
Seems like I started a little "downgrade your kin two M" revolution.... or meme hahahahaha.
[KIN Two Software Development] Iggy95:
That you did sir. :cool:
[KIN Two Software Development] johnkussack:
I got a question for kin two (not M) owners...

My kin two version before bricking (without activation at Verizon) didnt show calculator nor calendary, did that happen to anyone else?
[KIN Two Software Development] fazi13:
The original Kin Two OS does not include Calculator or Calendar. Microsoft added those with the "M" upgrade
[KIN Two Software Development] Antonpup:
I've made a somewhat better video on the Phone's Downgrading. Gave a few shoutouts and said that dxa-developers needs more people on this case. Ima go and edit this, should be up by tomorrow

Edit: :( Video ended up not being High Quality. :( Gotta redo it. Tomorrow. :(
[KIN Two Software Development] skim104:
Original OS

Does anyone have problem with connecting to Zune after downgrading?

My laptop doesnt seem to recognize the device anymore.

Edit: Nevermind. After I changed the USB mode to USB Pass-Through then back to MTPClient whatever, Zune recognizes the phone. I don't know if my phone was just being weird or what.

By the way, shouldnt the phone be able to connect to those social network services even if Kin studio no longer exists? Is it made so that the Kin Studio collects and manages updates from all the social networking services at once? If not, i believe there should be a way to make the phone to directly connect to facebook, twitter, w/e instead of attempting to connect to kin server.
[KIN Two Software Development] Antonpup:
I do believe that Kin Studio was made to collect all the data and send it to phone in one chunk of data.
[Nook Color General] urbanmartyr:
Been using a rooted NC for a while and love it.

One of my problems was that I couldnt get certain apps from the Android Market, like Evernote and Yelp. Not sure of the reason.

Anyway, I've found that by using the Amazon App store, I've been able to download and install some apps that I couldn't find previously through Android Market.

Just wanted to let people know that Amazon's a great addition to the rooted NC.
[Nook Color General] ssurj:
Amazon appstore

I haven't been able to install the Amazon AppStore app....keep getting a FILE UNSUPPORTED error.

Nook Color 1.1 rooted.
[Nook Color General] JLCollier2005:
Did you allow non-market apps?
[Nook Color General] tablo:
Yes, I have allowed non-market apps. You have to download the apk file directly from amazon, but then when i try to install it from the device it says that installing apk files is not allowed. Can someone tell me the easiest way to install an apk file to rooted 1.1?

EDIT - nvm By going into NookColorTools, checking and unchecking Allow Non-Market Apps, I was able to install the Amazon Appstore with Apps Installer.
[Nook Color General] chrzanek_:
well, amazon app store is nice thing however as i understand works only in US. so its quite limited :)
[Nook Color General] giedrys:
I would also like to know.